Della Lee Houdashell Linville

Services were at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Hodges, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene in Clarendon, and the Rev. Anthony Knowles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Estelline, officiating. Burial was in Rowe Cemetery by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Mrs. Linville was born Sept. 22, 1922, in Gasoline to Thomas Orville and Julia Ballard McLaughlin. She married Ernest Clay Houdashell in September 1940. He preceded her in death in December 1964. She later married Johnny Linville on Feb. 16, 1968, in Hedley. He preceded her in death on Feb. 16, 2000. She had been a longtime resident of Hedley and was a member of First Church of Nazarene in Clarendon.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; two sisters; and a great-granddaughter.

Survivors include a son, Ernie Houdashell and wife Sandy of Amarillo; two daughters, Loveta Anderson and husband Andy of Amarillo and Pat Hargrove and husband Rodney of Memphis; a sister, Ruby Hulen and husband Don of Amarillo; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.